Apple QuickTime backdoor creates code-execution peril • The Register

Technically, the inclusion of an unused parameter known as “_Marshaled_pUnk” is a backdoor because it is the work of an Apple developer who added it to to the QuickTime code base and then, most likely, forgot to remove it when it was no longer needed. It sat largely undetected for at least nine years until Ruben Santamarta of Spain-based security firm Wintercore discovered it and realized it could be exploited to take full control of machines running Windows 7, Microsoft's most secure operating system to date.

Apple sued over hot iPad shutdowns • The Register: "Those unhappy iPadders have filed suit against Apple — and they're asking the court to elevate their claim to class-action status."

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